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11 # Check endianess even when crosscompiling (partially based on the
12 # original AC_C_BIGENDIAN).
14 # The implementation will create a binary, but instead of running the
15 # binary it will be grep'ed for some symbols that differ for different
16 # endianess of the binary.
18 # NOTE: The upcoming autoconf 2.53 does include the idea of this macro,
19 # what makes it superfluous by then.
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53 AU_ALIAS([AC_C_BIGENDIAN_CROSS], [AX_C_BIGENDIAN_CROSS])
54 AC_DEFUN([AX_C_BIGENDIAN_CROSS],
55 [AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether byte ordering is bigendian, ac_cv_c_bigendian,
56 [ac_cv_c_bigendian=unknown
57 # See if sys/param.h defines the BYTE_ORDER macro.
58 AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <sys/types.h>
59 #include <sys/param.h>], [
60 #if !BYTE_ORDER || !BIG_ENDIAN || !LITTLE_ENDIAN
62 #endif], [# It does; now see whether it defined to BIG_ENDIAN or not.
63 AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <sys/types.h>
64 #include <sys/param.h>], [
65 #if BYTE_ORDER != BIG_ENDIAN
67 #endif], ac_cv_c_bigendian=yes, ac_cv_c_bigendian=no)])
68 if test $ac_cv_c_bigendian = unknown; then
70 /* Are we little or big endian? From Harbison&Steele. */
74 char c[sizeof (long)];
77 exit (u.c[sizeof (long) - 1] == 1);
78 }], ac_cv_c_bigendian=no, ac_cv_c_bigendian=yes,
79 [ echo $ac_n "cross-compiling... " 2>&AC_FD_MSG ])
81 if test $ac_cv_c_bigendian = unknown; then
82 AC_MSG_CHECKING(to probe for byte ordering)
85 short ascii_mm[] = { 0x4249, 0x4765, 0x6E44, 0x6961, 0x6E53, 0x7953, 0 };
86 short ascii_ii[] = { 0x694C, 0x5454, 0x656C, 0x6E45, 0x6944, 0x6E61, 0 };
87 void _ascii() { char* s = (char*) ascii_mm; s = (char*) ascii_ii; }
88 short ebcdic_ii[] = { 0x89D3, 0xE3E3, 0x8593, 0x95C5, 0x89C4, 0x9581, 0 };
89 short ebcdic_mm[] = { 0xC2C9, 0xC785, 0x95C4, 0x8981, 0x95E2, 0xA8E2, 0 };
90 void _ebcdic() { char* s = (char*) ebcdic_mm; s = (char*) ebcdic_ii; }
91 int main() { _ascii (); _ebcdic (); return 0; }
93 ] if test -f conftest.c ; then
94 if ${CC-cc} -c conftest.c -o conftest.o && test -f conftest.o ; then
95 if test `grep -l BIGenDianSyS conftest.o` ; then
96 echo $ac_n ' big endian probe OK, ' 1>&AC_FD_MSG
99 if test `grep -l LiTTleEnDian conftest.o` ; then
100 echo $ac_n ' little endian probe OK, ' 1>&AC_FD_MSG
101 if test $ac_cv_c_bigendian = yes ; then
102 ac_cv_c_bigendian=unknown;
107 echo $ac_n 'guessing bigendian ... ' >&AC_FD_MSG
110 AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_c_bigendian)
112 if test $ac_cv_c_bigendian = yes; then
113 AC_DEFINE(WORDS_BIGENDIAN, 1, [whether byteorder is bigendian])
118 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(BYTEORDER, $BYTEORDER, [1234 = LIL_ENDIAN, 4321 = BIGENDIAN])
119 if test $ac_cv_c_bigendian = unknown; then
120 AC_MSG_ERROR(unknown endianess - sorry, please pre-set ac_cv_c_bigendian)